Record-strip composing-machine.



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Patented Aug. 10, 1 915.

L. M. WALDEN.

I rRECORD STRIP COMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NDV- 5, I9I4.

LM. WALDEN.

RECORD STRIP COMPOSING MACHINE. APPLlcA'TloN man Nov. 5, 1914.

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RECORD STRIP COMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 5, 1914.

Patented Aug. 1o, 1915.

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LESTER 4M. WALSDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LANSTON' MONOTYPE 4MACHINE GOMIANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION vOF VIRGINIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LESTER,M. WALDEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andv State of 5 Illinois, have invented certainnew and .use-

ful Improvements in Record-Strip Composing-Machines; and I do hereby declare-the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon. i

This invention relates to improvements in typographie composing machines, wherein each. unit of, the composed matter is repreysented by a designating member, such as a finger key, the operation of which produces A through appropriate mechanism indicating 'perforations ina record strip, andthe invention has for its principal object theprovisionof means whereby the mechanism responsive to a designating member .when once set in motion, as bythe depression offthe' key, is continued in action, 'and caused to automatically repeat'its function.' until arrested, either by the release 'of the keyor by automatic means, such asl will be hereinafter referred to.

The invention is primarily'designed for .embodiment in a key board such as that emcasting type and producing justified lines', although it 1s not necessarily -limited thereto.

vide a mechanism which may be readilyl adapted'to or incorporated in machines of the standard type now-:in extensive use without requiring material' alteration ltherein or the addition. of parts.

Inasmuch as the invention has been particularly `adapted for and has been'practif cally applied to the standard monotype key.'l

board it is for the purpose ofthe present'ap- -plication' shown in vconnection with such-a board, 'and invorder thatthegeneral features' '50 of construction of the board may ybe more fully appreciated referencemay be had to the patent to Bancroft and lIndahl', No.

vkey board is illustrated and'described, having substantially all of the essential characl l Specification of Letters Patent.v

The object of the present invention is to expensive or 'complicated' Patented Aug. it), 1915. Application filed November 5, 1914. Serial No. 870,464.

teristics'of the standard Lanston monotype f key board now on the market, and the acvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking at nthe base portion of the paper tower and top of the base frame ofthe key board and illustrating features of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the action of the automatic-trip for arresting the operation of the repeat mechanism.v Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly in section, looking at the back of Ythe base of the key board. with the cover plate removed.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a convenient means whereby the repeat. mechanism maybe thrown into or outof operative relation to the designating mechanism. Fig.. 6 is a detail elevation showing vtheaction of the designating member on one of the valve stems in .the normal operation of erations of the indicating mechanism are to be effected.

Like letters of reference in the-several gy ures indicate the same parts.

In the Lanston monotype key `board adopted for -illustrating the present' in vention, it will be understood that the selectors or punches for making the indications in the record strip are operated by a motor mechanism usually consisting of ,cylinders andpistons to which compressed a1r is admitted by 'avalvemechanism and .the valve mechanism is lunder the direct control of inger'keys or deslgnating members, the operation of any one of' which, through appropriate connections, operates the proper vvalves or valves for admitting air to advance the desired punch or punches. The'recor'd strip v'passes through suitable mechanism whereby itis guided Aand fed into position-to be operated V1 05 onby the punches Vand the feeding of the the machine and in dotted lines the .action of the repeat mechanism when repeated op.

record strip is automatically effected in" proper time with .the operation. of the 'i 944,405, dated December 28, 1909, in which a punches whereby there will be no conflict ofl trolling member, such for example, as the4 In said drawings,-the base frame of the y key board is indicated at 1 and the paper tower'at`2, while one of the many .ordinary character designating keysI is indicated at 3, said key' being adapted to advance a key bar, which, through appropriate connections, advances a valve bar or punch convalve bars indicated at 173 for operating one ofthe valve stems 5 to'open the valve.

In accordance with the well understood construction, a single designating key 3 may operate one or more of the bars for ,opening valves to advance one or more punches'for forming the desired indications in the record strip. 'v Y In order that the machine illustrated may be more readily understood in connection 'with the Patent No. 944,405, hereinbefore rev y ferred to; -certain of the parts shown in said patent and in the accompanying drawings numbers, ias for example, the punch barsl aredesignated by corresponding lreference 15, the shaft 34which isI provided with a bail for coperation with/.the punch bars,

whereby the shaft will beoperated in time with said bars. Said shaft hason its end an arm 152 with a cam slot 153 therein with which coperates a roller 154 on one end of a valve operating lever 148, whereby valve 146 is shifted lto alternately admit compressed air and to permit the 'same to be exhausted from cylinders 137 and 138. The

cylindersv 137 and 138 contain pistons forA operating the lever 139 to which is connected a rod 141 vof the paper feed mechamsm. l

The paper feed mechanism is of the usual .I construction yand need not be described 'fur' ther than to say that lin the particular arrangement'illustrated the paper is fed dur-v ingthe upward movement ofv the rod 141 .which movementv is effected by the admission of air to the lcylinder 137, and retrograde or. downward movement of said barl is effected by the upward movement of the pistonin c'linder 138. The movements of Ithe valve'.y or admitting air to these cylinders is-'such lthat when' air is admitted to e one`c linderthe opposite cylinder is opened 'to ex aust and, vice versa., andvbyreason of thecam slot 153 the timing of the valve is so controlled and regulated that therod 141 is never moved upwardly to feed the paper at a' time-when thev punches are projected j through the record strip.

y At the front of-the machine there is the motor cylinder4, units wheel 7, justification indicator drum 8, units wheeliholding pawl- 12l and line scale rack 14, all of which are salient features in the standard monotype key board and are designated as hereinbefore stated by corresponding reference numbers in the said patent.

In accordance with the present invention a motor mechanism is provided which 1s independent of the motor mechanism found inthe standard equipment and which 1S adapted when set in action to effect a rel,

peated voperation of selector mechanism which has been initially operated by thevkey of the character desiredand this character key, it willbe understood, may be asocalled quad, leader, dash or a character of any kind. It is not essential that a punch 'be operated in connection therewith for under certain circumstances the absence ofl a punch indication in the record strip will sety the casting machine for the production of a desired character, las, for example, when the die case of the casting machine is positioned by a fixed stop or is at lthe extreme of itsl 'movement i Conveniently, the motor mechanism fo the repeat devices is a pneumatic cylinderwhich receives its motive fiuid under the control of a" valve, such, for example, as the'v valve 146, so as to operate in timed relationl to the selector mechanism and effect an intermittent movement Aof .the piston in the motor cylinder, and themovement of this piston is made effective for releasing vand again advancing the valve stem of the valve which has been operated by the designatingl key, but it will be understood that motor` mechanismfof the character referred to may be arranged to effect the operation of anyl part of the chain of connections between the Jkey and the selector mechanism for the record strip, andthat its operation will be continued so long as the key is heldin its op# erated position, provision being made, whereby the repeat mechanism may be thrown'into and out of operation at will, through the manipulation of a separate. control' device, such 'as a repeat key, thus making the machine competent for. operation in the ordinary Way, where no repeat action4 isvdesired, or for repeatingthe indication produced in the `record strip.

Provision is alsov made whereby the repeat i controller or key may be temporarily locked in its .operatedposition and automatically released by the operation of mechanism found inthe machine, when the line has been filled or'the desired number of repeat characters have been indicated in kthe record strip. This automatic arresting of the repeat action is preferably controlled through the line scale rack which progresses in accordance with the line of characters being indicated in the record strip andds preferably seto to arrest the repeat mechanism when the justification area of the line has been reached; lthus the operator is relieved from the necessity of close attention, and when the repeat action is arrested itis only necessary to complete'the line indications in the record strip by making theproper justication indications therein in the ordinary Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and4 of the drawings, it will be seen that'amotor cylinder 16 is mounted in the base frame of the machine preferably by being fastened to the valve chest 17, and this cylinder is in communication through a pipe 18 with the cylinder 138 below its piston. The pipe 18 hasva valve 19 interposed therein, and the valve stem 20 of the-valve 19 is adapted to be manipulated to open and close the communication with the motor 16 for controlling the repeat action as -will hereinafter appear. Piston 21 of the motor cylinder 16 is adapted to cooperate with'a rocker preferably consisting of levers 22, journaled in supports 23 depending'from the valve chest, 'said levers being connectedat their rear ends by a bar 23 vand at their forward ends by' an upwardlyextendi'ng bail 25 having its intermediate portion in the form of a bar 26 extending across the machine from side to side in rear of the inner ends of the valve controller bars 173. The bail 25 is`adjust ably mounted in the arms-'ofthe levers 22 by lock nuts 27, and the bar 24 of the rocker carries a shoe 46 with which the 'end of the piston 21 is adapted to coperateto depress the 'rear lend of the rocker whenever pressure is admitted to the cylinder 16'through the pipe 18. Reverse movement ofthe rocker is effected by means of a 4spring or springs 47, which springholds the rocker normally in the position. indicated in Fig. 1, with the piston 21 retracted.. i

i' In the arrangement illustrated the shoe .46 is rigidly mounted on the rocker and its downward movement is limited by an .ad-Q

y j'usted position.

justable stop inv the form of a screw -29 mountedl in a hanger or bracket 28. Lock nuts 30 .of -ordinary construction 'may be provided for holding the stop screw in ad horizontal bar 2 6 of the rocker and'at their i upper ends tocoperate withthe .proper valve stems 5,"the inner endsV of the con'- Ltrollers-173 to which the levers 31' are' pivotedbeing preferably inclined or '.bent' downwardly out of the plane of the bodies. of thebars-as shown vat 173, whereby' such bars will not 4coperate directly with the valve stems'but only through tliei` medium of the levers 31. A e

While all of thelcontrollers 173 may be thus equipped, this is not essential, inasmuch as'under certain circumstances it is found that the repeat action is desirable only in connection with certain keys, and in the machine illustrated the quad and leader keys and their valve bars 17 3 are equipped. in themanner stated.

In Fig. 1, 32 indicates a quad key which is adapted to advance the controller bar 173 so shown in full linesfinv that figure of the' drawing, and when the bar is advanced with the rocker inits normal position, the lower end of the lever 31 is prevented from ad-. vancing by the bar 26 of the rocker, while the upper end of the lever is advanced to operate the valve stem 5, this operated position of the parts being shown in-full lines in Fig.'6. If the valve controlling theadmission of pressure'to. the motor 16 is closed, the release of the key 32 restores the controllers 173 and the valves controlled'by the Astems 5 to their normal positions and the indication made in the record' strip is a .single `indication just asA in the ordinary 95 operation of the machine. If, however, the said valve 19 is open so that pressure is admitted to the motor 16, intermittently vind in time with the operation of the punches,l

as willbe the case because of. the corre? well understood way, the piston 21 'of' the motor will be advanced under the action lof the motive fluid and retracted under the action of the spring 47. The result of the advance of the piston 21 is to moveY the bar 26.of the rocker from the positionshown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, with the result that even though the key 32 beheld depressed, or in its operated position, the lever 31 is permitted to move on its pivotal .supportat the end of the bar 1-7 3 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, andthe valve controlled bythe stems 5 will close. This operation is immediately 115 followed by afreverse movement ofthe rocker under the influence of the springg-for the pressure in: the motor is relieved when the cylinder 138 is put into 'communication with the exhaust. -The-reverse movement of -the rocker againoperatesjflie leverV 31 to openv the valve 5 .and these'aetions are continued just's'o long as the key 32is'held in its depressed or operated position and the valve 19 for admitting pressure is open.

The valve 19 is, in the 1preferred construction, normally held in c osed position' 'by a i spring 35I connected with one end vof the cross bar 36 on'the valve stem, so. that no repeat action will occur,4 but said valve is 136 adapted to be opened against the tension of the spring 35 by an operating member which is conveniently in the form of a repeat key -37 connected by a rod 38 with the cross bar 36 of the valve and preferably extending out through the front of the frame to bring sition without requiring the operator to keep his hand onit, as wellas to provide a means whereby it may be automatically released to allow the valve of the repeat motor to close, a pawl or catch 39 is pivotally mounted on a bracket 40 at the frontV ofthe basel frame in position to engage a shoulder 41 on the repeat key, when the latter is drawn for-- wardly -to the position indicated in Figs.4 1

' and 2. The catch 39 ispreferablyl of such e construction that it will automatically eny gage the shoulder 41 to hold the repeat key in its operated position, and the'release of the catch to permit the repeat key to return lto its normal inoperative position may be effected either by hand or `automatically underl the control of the indicating mechanism of the key board. A convenient larrangement and one which has proven in ractice to be effective, embodies a bell crank ever 42 pivotally mounted in the support or bracket yand having one arm projecting over. the

rear end of the catch 39, while its lother arm projects up'into proximity to the' linescale y rack 14 forming a finger piece 43 which may be moved by the operators finger.

The end of the tripv lever at 43 is adapted to be moved into position Vto release the catch by a projectionparried by the line scale rack,

and in the slmple embodiment of the invenv tion illustrated, the line scale indicator44 which projects from the sidev of the line scale rack 14 is utilized as .the stop or tripping device for the trip lever.. When'the line scale rack' advances to the position shown in Fig. 3 the trip lever will have been moved, the catch 39 released, and the repeat key restored to its normal inoperative posil tion, Varresting the functions of the repeat mechanism.

In operation, the key board is manipulated in the usual manner to produce the desired character indications in the record strip, and when a point has been reached where a-large number of characters of tlfe same kind are to be indicated as, for example, in tabular work where there is. a .short line or even an single word at the beginning of a line, and the balance of theline is lled by quads, the repeat key is operated in connection with the quadkey, thereby starting the automatic actionto produce the desired indications in succession in the record strip with extreme rapidity. The rapidity of the repeat action is greater than itis possible `to operate the key board by successive deerating the necessary justification keys or other character in the usual Way.

Obviously, if the repeat mechanism is only used in connection with one or a nsmall number of keys in the key board, the repeat key valve may be left open or opened before beginning a' line,'inasmuch as vthe repeat motor will not be effective to manipulate any Vvalves other. than those of the keys `in connetcion with which the repeatl mechanismis used.

Without the controller 173 is advanced from'` the position shown Fig. 1 to. that shown in Fig. 6, the operation of the repeat mechanism will simply result in withdrawing the bar 26 from in front ofthe lever 31`an'd again restoring the said bar to its normal position .without operating the valve. In fact,I the repeat. key itself may be omitted, together with the Valvein'the connection 18, where vthe repeat mechanism is used only in "connection with keys which are designed for repeat action whenever they are operated;

thus, for example, the key board may have one of the duplicate quad keys arranged for vordinary quading by successive manipulations ofthe key and the other for quading by operating the key and holding it in its operated position during the period it is desired that the repeat action shall be effectivef `Having thus described my invention, what KI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a record strip composing machine forms, the combination with designating keys, selectors for producing the desired indications in the record strip and connections intermediate the keys and selectors whereby the selectors. are operated, of an independent repeat motor,and means whereby said' motor may be rendered effective to re- -for producing characters for printing peat the action of a key on its selector or selectors.

2. In a record strip composing machine for producing characters Q for printing forms, the combinationwith designating keys, selectors for producing the desired indications in the record strip, motor mechanism and, connections whereby thekeys control the operation of thefmotor mechanism and selectors, of an independent repeat motor, and means whereby saidrepeat motor may be rendered eiective'to repeat the actionfof a key on its selector or se- Y lectors.

3. In a record, strip composing machine for producing characters forms, the combination with selector mechanism for producing the desired indications in vthe record strip, motor 'mechanism' for operating the selector mechanism, designating keys, and connections operated by the depression of the designating keys toset in operation the motor mechanism of the selector or selectors for the character indication corresponding to the operated key, of an independent repeat motor; and means whereby said repeat motor ,is rendered ,effective to cause the motor mechanism to repeat its action on a selector or selectors.

' in the record strip, motor mechanismfor op '4; In `a record strip composing machine for producing characters for printing forms, the combination with selector mechanism for producing the desired indications erating the selector mechanism, designating keys, lconnections operated by the depression of the designating keys to setin opera tion the motor mechanism of the selector or selectors for the character indication corre# 5. In an apparatus of the character de-Iv scribed, the combination of selectors. for producing the desired indications in a record strip, motor mechanism for the selectors, .designating keys for determining which selectors shall be operated, a repeat motor for causing theselector motor mechanism to re,

peat its action on the designated selector or selectors, and connections intermediate the selector motormechanism and repeat motor whereby they are caused to operate in timed relation. Y

lectors, designating keys for determining'` 4which selectors shall be operated, 'a repea, motor for causing the selector motor mech-f4 anism to repeat its action on the designated 6.1In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of selectors for producing the desired indications in a record strip, motor mechanism for the se'- selector, and al repeat'key controllingthe -repeat motor wherebyupon the 'operation of a designating key in conjunction with the repeat key the designated indicationjf'will be repeated in the record stripi"V v i 7.l In an lapparatus of character described, the combination ofselectersior prcducing thejdesired',indicationsn a record I @a strip, motor mechanismjforjfthe selectors,

for printing designating'keys for determining which selectors shall be operated, a repeat motor for causing the selector motor mechanism to repeat its action on the designated selectors,-

a repeat key controlling the repeat motor, and means for locking the repeat key in its operated position, whereby upon the operation of a designating key its character indication will be repeated-in the record strip.

8. In an apparatus of the character dei scribed, the combination of selectors for producing the desired indications in a record strip, motor mechanism for.. the selectors,

designating keys for determining which selectorsV shall be operated, a repeat motor for lcausing the selector motor mechanism to repeat-its action on the designated selectors,

a repeat key controlling'therepeat moto'r,

a catchy for locking the repeat key in its operated position, and means whereby the stored to its inoperative position.

9. In an apparatus ofthe character 'del scribed, the combination of selectors for pro-v ducing the desired indications in a record strip, motorV mechanism for the selectors, designatingkeys for determining which selectors shall be operated, a repeatmotor for causing ^the selector motor mechanismy to` repeat its action on the designated selectors, a repeat key controlling the repeat motor, a catch for locking the repeat key in its operated position, and means responsive to the progressive movement of the mechanism in the production of successive indications in strip for releasing vvthe repeat the record key to arrest the repeat action.

`l0. In an apparatus of the character'described, the cbmbination of selectors for producing thedesired indications in a record strip, 4motor 'mechanism for the selectors, designatin .keys for determining which selector shal be operated, a Vrepeat/motor for causing ,theo selector motor mechanism to repeat itsvaction on the designated selectors, and meansresponsive vto the progressive movement of the mechanism in the formation-of vsuccessive mdications 1n the record strip for` arresting the action of ,the repeat 1`n'tor.vv V- y V1;-11. In an apparatus of the ,character de- 's'e'ribed, the combination of selectors for producing the desired indications in a recordv -f strip, motor mechanism for the selectors,

designating keys forv determiningwhich selector shall vbe operated, a, repeat motor 1 for causing the selector motor mechanism to repeat its action on the designating selectors, Y

manually controlled means for inaugurating the action' o-the repeat motor,"and means responsive to the progressive movement of the mechanism inl the formation of succes- -sive indications the recordvstrifp for ar- 'restin 'the action of the repeat motor.

`12. n an apparatus of thexehar'acter de- 85 I catch may be released and the repeat key re- A scribed, the combination with selectors for the desired'indications in a 'recproducing ord strip, adeslgna-ting key and connections intermediate the key `and selectors whereby the operation of the key will cause selectors corresponding tothe key to be operated to make'a record indication, of a'repeat motor cooperating with said connections intermea repeat motor controlling said member whereby the operation of the lkey on the selector may be repeated by the actuation oi' said reversely movable member by the repeat motor..

14. In an apparatus of thecharacter described, the combination oi' selectors for producing the desired indications in a record strip, a designating key, an intermittently operating repeat motor, connections whereby the repeat motor is caused to operate in time with the selectors, and connections intermediate the designating key and selectors and intermediate the repeat motor and selectors, whereby the combined action of the key and repeat motor will cause the selectors to repeat their indication in the record strip.

LESTER M. WALDEN.

Witnesses J. CLAY FOLEY, D. R. STEWART. 

